UNDATED (AP) — Oregon is a unanimous choice for No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll. The Ducks hope to also be in the top spot in the College Football Playoff selection committee’s first rankings of the season on Tuesday. The Ducks are No. 1 in the AP Top 25 for the third straight week and unanimous for the first time. Georgia remained No. 2. Ohio State earned a one-spot promotion to No. 3 with its win at Penn State. Miami and Texas round out the top five. Penn State slipped to No. 6.

UNDATED (AP) — Oregon, Georgia, Miami, and BYU remained the top four seeds in the The Associated Press College Football Playoff projection. Indiana’s initial appearance on the bracket gives the Big Ten and SEC four teams apiece in the field. This is the final AP projection with the CFP selection committee announcing its first rankings on Tuesday. Oregon, Georgia and Miami won their games this weekend to hold their coveted seeds as projected conference champions as did a BYU team that was idle. Indiana would be the No. 9 seed playing at No. 8 Tennessee in the first round.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina was fined $250,000 by the Southeastern Conference for fans rushing the field at Williams-Brice Stadium after a 44-20 victory over then-10th-ranked Texas A&M on Saturday night. The SEC announced the fine Sunday. It was South Carolina’s second violation since the league amended its policy in 2023. The school was fined $100,000 when its men’s basketball team defeated No. 6 Kentucky this past January. South Carolina would be fined $500,000 for another offense. The fine will be paid to Texas A&M.

UNDATED (AP) — Football has driven conference realignment and left basketball to adjust to a new landscape. The Atlantic Coast Conference and Big Ten each added schools out west to take a coast-to-coast footprint. The Southeastern Conference added Texas and Oklahoma. And the Big 12 now spans four time zones. Leagues and schools made those moves to chase lucrative TV deals that rely primarily on football. That’s left basketball largely in a backseat role despite having its own lucrative TV contract for “March Madness. That means playing a longer schedule and more games with cross-country travel to make it work.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A doubleheader in Paris is as good as it gets to open the women’s college basketball season. Third-ranked USC, crosstown rival and No. 5 UCLA, No. 17 Louisville and No. 20 Ole Miss take the court several months after a thrilling Olympics gold medal game between Team USA and host France and during a time of enhanced interest in the women’s game. They aim to maintain that momentum in the City of Light and jump-start seasons in which all face a college landscape reshaped by realignment.